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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei awards the Order of Fat'h to Amir Ali Hajizadeh in Tehran, Iran, on October 6, 2024. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Middle East
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Commentary
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U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) answer questions during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House February 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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A Syrian refugee family from Aleppo, stay under a shelter during a rainy day on March 8, 2014, at Uskudar in Istanbul. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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National Security Adviser Michael Flynn answers questions in the briefing room of the White House February 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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A Iraqi Christian boy lights candles inside a shrine in the grounds of Mazar Mar Eillia (Mar Elia) Catholic Church, on December 12, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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A damaged painting of Jesus Christ on the ground of Syriac Orthodox Um al-Zinar church in the Christian Hamidiyeh neighbourhood of the old city of Homs, central Syria, May 12, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Josh Block
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
